Greater

I saw him with his hope against his head
And he was begging me to pull the trigger
But I missed, and it broke the spider's thread
To the floor, collapsed under pressure

And he said, "I should be happy"
"I should be walking on my own two legs"
"But my knees buckle and surrender to gravity"

And I said, "it's okay"
"Tomorrow's a new day"
But you disregard me and turn the other way

I want to be greater (I want to be greater)
I want to be greater than this
If all I am can be summed up in a sentence

I gotta be greater (I gotta be greater)
I gotta do more than lie on the floor
And cry out my regrets for
What I've left unsaid

He caught me with a rope in hand
One end tied around my finger
Too heavy, and down came the ceiling fan
To the floor, collapsed under pressure

The chemicals malfunction, we're forgetting how to breathe
Put a mask to cover up your face and smile through your teeth
Instead of chewing through your words you bite it; tongue and cheek
No matter what I ask, you won't look at me

I want to be greater (I want to be greater)
I want to be greater than this
If all I am can be summed up in a sentence

I gotta be greater (I gotta be greater)
I gotta do more than lie on the floor
And cry out my regrets for
What I'm begging for
And I'm begging for

Something more than the day-by-day
To waste the rest of time away
A cycle that I'm meant to break
It's calling me for sure

If a meaning that I can't derive
Is the only thing there is to life
Then why do I keep staying alive?

I want to be greater (I want to be greater)
I want to be greater than this
If all I am can be summed up in a sentence

I gotta be greater (I gotta be greater)
I gotta do more than lie on the floor
And cry out my regrets for
What I've left unsaid

I'm half of who I used to be
And less than all the parts of me
I want to be greater than the sum of all these parts